Saudi Arabian Prince Alwaleed bin Talal Al Saud has pledged to donate his entire $32bn fortune to charity in the coming years — one of the biggest philanthropic gestures in history. Speaking to reporters in Riyadh, he said the move had been inspired by the Gates Foundation, which was set up by Bill and Melinda [...]

Germany’s national ethics council has called for an end to the criminalisation of incest between siblings after examining the case of a man who had four children with his sister. Patrick Stuebing, who was adopted as an infant and met his sister in his 20s, has launched several appeals since being imprisoned for incest in [...]

President of Zimbabwe Robert Mugabe has challenged President Barack Obama by asking his hand in marriage. His comment comes at the back of the legalization of gay marriage in the United State by the Supreme Court. Mugabe in his weekly radio interview with Zimbabwe’s national radio Saturday said, “I’ve just concluded since President Obama endorses [...]

By Hena Zuberi – With the news of China forcing imams to dance in public and to make oaths to keep children away from religion in what is known as Xinjiang, where government officials warned that Muslims “During Ramadan do not engage in fasting, vigils or other religious activities,” effectively banning Ramadan, I wanted to [...]

Whistleblower website WikiLeaks says it will publish over 500,000 Saudi diplomatic documents on the Internet over the upcoming weeks. In a Friday statement, WikiLeaks said internal reports from Saudi government organizations and communications between the country’s embassies across the world will be included in the documents. SEE ALSO: Saudi woman divorced over copying Kim Kardashian [...]

Though four Chinese civilians were killed by bombs dropped by MiG-29 fighters of the Myanmar Air Force, sources from Pakistan‘s Ministry of Defense said that a contract had been signed for Islamabad to sell the JF-17 Thunder multirole fighter, also known as the FC-1 Xiaolong, which was jointly developed by Chengdu Aircraft Industry Group and [...]